Military leads march to shrink US carbon 'boot print': study: "From solar-powered water purification systems in Afghanistan to a Navy jet fueled in part by biofuel, the US military is taking a lead role in shrinking the US carbon 'boot print,' an independent report said Tuesday.
The US Department of Defense accounts for 80 percent of the US government's total energy consumption energy needs, and most of the energy it uses currently comes from fossil fuels, the report by the Pew Research think tank's Project on National Security, Energy and Climate says.
But moves are afoot in all branches of the military to change that."
